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The Delta independent., 1887-04-26
A Model Farm.

Last week. as we sat ninsing. think
ing of the great possibilities of this
country. we noticed ono of Hammond's 8
best rigs drive up to our office. We
were not kept long in suspense AS to
its meaning. As Mr.. Hammond said.
"Mr. Joseph Bond wants to show you
model farm and some fine stock" So
taking seat, 1--WE did not take any
thing else.) we were driven to the
ranch, which lies on the north side of
the Gunnison river, opposite the town.
Mr.. Bond has 100 acres. 12O Of which is
in high state of cultivation. 1t is the
6rst bottom. and is dark, rich soil
that looks as II 1t would raise anything
and would mover grow poor by use.
He intends to put 1t all in alfalfa and
orchard, the former OF which he has
about thirty-fve acres now, and will
seed the balance next year. He has
been very successful with this prolific
plant. and has some that is now two
years old. The seed he raised last year
he sold for fourteen cents at home.
He says 1t is the most nutitious food
known and produces more per acre.
We saw horses there that were seal fat
that eat no grain wI,atever. He is now
plowing up timothy and sowing the
same ground to alfalfa. A piece of
twenty i've acres Is How being levrIed
aud plellreu for an orchard, IL Will be
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26
The verdict Unanimous.

w. d. Suit. Druggist. Bippus, Ind,
testifies: II can recommend Elect Bit
ters AS the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man six bottles, and was
cured of rheumatism. of 10 years stand,
ing" Abraham Hare, druggist, Belle,
vile, Ohio, atfirms: "The best selling
medicine have ever handled in my ~
years experience, is Electric Bitters.'
Thousands of others have added tLeir
testimony, 80 that the verdict is unan'
imous that Elsctrict Bitters do cure al
diseases Of the liver. Kidneys or Blood
Only a half dollar a bottle at l. III
McMurray, Drug Store.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26
Tongue Creek Poetry.
BY CROW.

A young man from Baltimore. NJ. D.
has come out west some relatives to
see. he is a sport Of some skill. so lie
shouldered his gun and started out a
deer to kill. the deer was found though
he lost his gun. thes deer took fright
and started to run, he being determined
to have one without fail. threw down
his gun and hit the trail, he hit it (the
traiD until he could run no more. so he
turned back saying. damit' they are too
poor, this tenderfoot must remember
that he is no hound, so he will have Il
picnic when he runs one down.
accent Oh the dam.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26
Wonderful Cures.

W. D. H,yt & Co.. wholesale and re-
tail druggist of Rome, Ga, says: We
have been selling DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, Electric Bitters and Bucklens
Arnica Salve for two years. Have
never handled remedies that sell as
well, or give such universal satisfac'
ton. There have been some wonder
full cures effected by these medicines
IN this city. Several cases of pronounc'
ed Consumption have been entirely
cured by use of u few bottles OF DR.,
Kings New Discovery. taken in con-
nection with Electric Bitters. we
guaranteed them always. Sold by l,
NJ. McMurray.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

The boom continues to go forward
with daily augmented force and vol.
ume. Nobody pretends to account for
the phenomenon in any logical or phil
osophical manner; but it is very evil
dent that great deal of property is
changing hands at unprecedented prices
and much of the idle money of the
country is used in this form of specu-
lation. What the ultimate effect will
he upon the business interests and gen.
eral prosperity of the localities thus
suddenly turned from the even tenor
of their ways, it is yet too early to esti-
mate or conjecture. twenty-five years
ago. such an excitement would certain
ly have been considered superficial and
unhealthy; but it is proper to remem-
her at tho same time that the last
quarter Of century has produced
wonderful changes, and that we are
now living under conditions which
may not unreasonably be supposed to
justify movement that seems at first
glance to violate the fixed rules of
wholesome growth and progress.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

Tho New York World, one of the
best posted papers of all the great dai.
lies, says: "The tide of emmigrstion
Is towards the Rocky Mountains" and
1t Is true. The government is getting
out Of debt and calling in her bonds,
this throws vast amount of money
on the market, seeking investment. and
land In the west " considered the
most remunerative and the safest in
vestment known, and good share OF
this money is sure to come here. All
we want 10 to let these capitalists
Know what kind Of country we have,
do not exagerate. the truth is good
snOugh. Tell them Of our coal fields,
NJ the enormous profits in raising al
fxlfa here, Of the canned fruit industry,
of the way broom corn and sorghum
arows here. Of our vast lumber inter-
ests. and many other fields that are
open to men of means and full Of
American snap. A good field in which
to work is with the immigrants in
Castle Garden, with the frugal Swede.
and with the economic German. GIT
them to come here. and they VIII rise
W in t.lo iuSuro AID call YOU blessed.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

The loss to the building trade last
year from strikes and rumors of strikes
was enormous. The Carpenter. one of
tho organs of the labor party, is to be
congratulated on, the excellent advice
IL gives in the following brief summa-
~ OF counsel: "Avoid strikes, wait,
have patience, organize more thorough
lr. discipline your forces. Don't be too
greedy. or you may get beaten. Don't
publish any notice of your demands. or
it will food your city with Idle men
not alone that. IL discourages building.
Tho better plan is to send out a COM
mittee, canvass the sentiment of your
employers, reason with them, and by
moderate demands and sensible action
you can win them over"
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

Dell G. Morgan & Co., prominent
druggists, Council Bluff. la. say they
regard Cbamherlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhga l.emedy, as the best pre-
paratiOn In the market, and recon.
mend 1t always, whero prompt and efl-
cient treatment is required; it always
gives satisfaction and is an excellent
medicine for cramps. diMrhGa and
bowel complaint in either young or old
persons. Sold by Latham & Williams
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

As Delta county offers inducements
to settlers unsurpassed by any in the
state, it is not unreasonable to predict
that. in few years, land that can he
had for taking it now, will be worth
from $50 upward per acre.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

Vol. 1, No. 4, of the Western World,
printed at Boston. Colo. has reached
nur table. 1t is newsy eight-column
folio. devoted to the interests of that
town, and bids fair to become one of
the leading papers in that part of tho
state, If the editor can stand the
drought without crying for one drop
of water to cool his parched tongue,
however, we wish it success.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

We want to enforce this idea: "If
you advertise in outside papers, what
will people think Of a poorly-supported
home paper? We are here to boom
the town and county; just concentrate
your energy and it will mako the
boom wave mount the range and strike
us like an avalanche.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

We see great many going to Glen
wocd. All right, boys. we will stay at
homo. raise good crops and sell it to
s"u for high prices in the fall. You
can be the rolling stones this year, we
will take the setting hen in ours, and
we'll feather too, and don't you never
doubt il
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

Delta county is not burdened with a
heavy debt. The people demand coll
servative management. There are
1000 people in the county and abund-
nnt room for ten times that many.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

The gain in railroad earnings over
last year of sixty-fve of the leading
roads Of the country for the second
week in March show an increase of
ABOUT 1871 per cent. as compared with
lhe corresponding week in 1886.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26
Bucklen's Arnica Salve,

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores. ulcers. salt rheum, lever
sores, tetter. chapped hands, chiinlans'
corns. and all skin efiptions, ana posi-
lively cures piles. or no pay required
l; is guaranteed to give perfect sa'ls-
faction, or money refunded. irlce 70
cents rer box. For sale by l. NJ NJ
Murray. e..
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

Young :nah. buy lot; save your
money and build house Oh it, and
long before the silver hair shall bedeck
your bruw you can sell it for hand
sUme sum.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

This country has as fine soil for grape
culture As can be found in the U. S.
This is fact. The Kansas boom may
take hold of that truth.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

THAT HACKING COUGH can he
so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We
guarantee it. For sale at LStham &
Williams
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

Yes, it is time to wake up. We have
walked up. We catch Oh to the boom.
We are in the garden-spot of Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

The earliest variety of Yellow Dent
Corn known lor sale at j. j. barker
The Delta independent., 1887-04-26

Keep a record, farmers, OF your crops
ihis year. We want the outside world
to hear from us.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
An Unparalleled Migration.

English Sparrows were llrst imported
into this country at Brooklyn, New
York, in 1850. They did not thrive,
and two years later another colony was
imported. They multiplied and spread /,
until IN 1870. the Sparrow was diifused
pretty generally through the Eastern
States. the race being increased by i'm
portations at several sea ports IN 1853
and several following years. Since then
these birds have multiplied marvellous
ly, and haye extended widely, until
they are tho pest Of all our country east
of the Mississippi, and of wide area
beyond that river. 1t "goes West"
steadily, and leaping over intervening
regions beyond the ninety seventh de-
gree of longitude, finds first habitation
in Utah, and then passing to the Pa
cllic. is met with in and around San
Francisco. No such migration has
ever been known In the worlds history,
and the bird thrives in its new cundi-
tions, equally we'll in the delta of the
Mississippl, ,-or among the hills Of New
England. Everywhere it is prolific, and
rears its five or six broods year with
the most reckless disregard of conse-
quences. The Sparrow is at home any
where. He reached New Brunswick
and Montreal by tramp ride in box
cars, and had no sooner arrived than
he set up his household gods, and be-
gan his fearful mission of propagation
and diffusion. la 1850 the English
Sparrow in America occupied the area
of a single tree or tree box. Now he
disports himself over an area of eight
hundred and eighty.iive thousand
square miles in the United States, and
of a hundred and fifty thousand in Can
ada.
The English Sparrow is an enemy of
our native songsters and drives them
away he is the foe of the gardener and
fruit-grower, because he eXpels the in
sectivorouS birds and then solaces him
self with the yonng plants, the buds
and the fruit +; he is destructive to the
grape crop and arapacious feeder there
upon. In ten days Sparrows in Aus
tralia robbed single vineyard Of three
thousand pounds of grapes. This bird
is an enemy to the grain growth, and
destroys the grain in the milk, as well
as eats and wastes it in the ripened
head. He detiles buildings and destroys
the vines that cling to them. He is
not destroyer of insects. These bold
ly feStoon the haunts Of the Sparrow
with webs, and fasten their cocoons to
them. At Iirst he had the reputation
of destroying caterpillars, and the
measuring worm But now our Caesar
feeds on more toothsome meat. The
State Entomologist of New York has
proven by observation, that the cater
pillar thriyes where the Sparrow most
abounds, and the same conclusion is
reached by more than one English ento-
mologst. The loss from Sparrows in
England is put at four million dollars
year. In Australia the loss is greater
and in the United States it passes com.
putation.-Americdn AgriculturiSt for
December.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
An Extinct Volcano i'm Connecticut.

The recent discovery OF the remains
of volcano near Mount Lamentation,
the highest peak in the chain of Mer
iden hills, has excited the keeDest in.
terest in scientific ciIcles. 1t has fur
nished new key to the geological
history of the Connecticut valley. The
discovery was by Prof. w. n. Davis,
of Harvard University. He has been
engaged in making an exhaustive study
of the trap rock of this State, and he
made his happy discovery of volcanic
ruin while searching for an entirely
different class of geological phenomena.
Mount Lamentation has been visited
by large numbers of people during the
past few weeks. The various scientific
associations of the State, aud several
geologists of national repute have care
fully examined the einteresting curiosity.
No volcanic cone or crater is still
visible, but the phenomena OF the place
clearly indicate that in the Triassic age
violent explosive eruptions of regular
volcanic type were frequent. Geologists
have long known that the :rap rock of
the Connecticut valley came up in a
motion condition and afterward solid
flied. This liquid mass sometimes
solidified in fssures in ths earth and
sometimes overfowed the surface like
lava streams. and was subsequently
covered up by stratal of sandstone.
Prof. Davis has discovered what is
technically known as an ash bed. 1t is
| deposit formed when molten lava is
thrown high into the air by violent
explosions and comes down In a con-
fused mass. coarse and fine In the
Triassic period, when these eruptions
occurred, there must have been regular
cones and craters of the usual type. but
these have all been effaced. 1t is very
prohable that other ash beds exist in
the range Of Meriden hills. The geOlog-
ical history of this region has always
afforded a rich field for scientific
research, and the recent volcanic dis
coyery has given greater scientific
boom to it-Boston Globe.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
Mamma, the Heavenly Bread.

Mr.. Cole, of Bitlis, a missionary of
the American Board, in Eastern Tur-
key, in describing journey from Har-
poot to Bitlis says:
'We Travelled for four days through a
region where had fallen a remarkable
deposit of heavenly bread, as the natives
sometimes call it-manna. There were
extensive forests Of scrubby oaks, and
most OF the deposit was on the leaves
Thousands of the poor peasants, men,
women, and children, were out upon
the plains gathering the sweet SUBJ
stance. Some of them plunge into ket-
ties OF boiling water the newly cnt
branches of the oaks, which washes off
the deposit until the water becomes go
sweet as to remind the Yankee of a
veritable sugaring off in the old Granite
State as he takes sips Of it. Other COM
panies of natives may be seen vigorous
ly beating with sticks the branches,
that, from haYing been spread on the
ground, have so dried that the glister-
ing crystals fall readily upon the carpet
spread to receive them. The crystals
are separated from the pieces of leayes
by sieve, and then the mama is pressed
into cakes for use. The mamma is in
great demand among these Oriental
Christians. AS we were travelling
through rather dry region, the article
came in play for our plain repasts.'
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01

A FINE Observation-Disclosures said
an old negro who had been summoned
to testify in murder case before a COL
ored court Il kaint stay heah long er
huff ter tell whut knows er bout dis
killin'.'
But yer's got ter stay the Judge re-
piled. Dis is er case o. great 'portance,
and' widout yer de guilty man KANT be
fotch to justice
But, Jedge, kaint stay, tells yer.
Family sick p
No, sah.'
Wife bout ter run er way an lebe
yer?'
%, no, sah.'
wall, den, eff none o. desc klamitles
has fell on yea III halter hole yer. and
ter make sho dat yer doan git er way
I'll hab de constable hole yer in ham
1t won't do ter fool wild de law o. dis
heah LAM, an jestice mus be scattered
'mong de folks eben eff de heabens falls.
wall, Jedge, L mus 20. an eff l has
ter tell yer 1 mus, dat's all. Use gwint
ter hab er 'possum fur dinner at my
house an l.
What, er 'possump Mr.. Constable
Journ dis heah cou't, fur I'se gwint
home wild dis fine gennerman.'
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01

EGGs IN WINTER.-Scarcity of eggs
in the winter season, especially among
farmers, is due less to the scarcity of
fowls through the country than to the
want of proper care of these already on
our premises. ln spite of the directions
calculated to remedy this state OF
things constantly set forth in poultry
publications and in almost every other
journal in the country-for agriculture
and poultry raising connected with 1t
are ordinary AS staple topics in the
newspaper as politics and general news
"a great many people persist in follow
ing in the footsteps of their predeces-
sors, and allow their hens to forage as
they can among the grass seed on the
barn floor, the few oats that they can
steal from the horses manger, and il
the swine give consent, whatever It'd
bits can be collected around the pigs
trough. Occasionally "a few handfuls
of corn, grudgingly bestowed, are scat
tered among them, and the owner, with
an uggrieved air wonders why the
hens don't lay" THIS treatment Of the
poor biddies is worse than thai the
Egyptians gave the enslaved Israelites,
for they dad furnish the clay for the
"tale of hricksn they demanded though
they compelled them to collect the
straw whenever they could find 1t. But
we demand our quota of eggs, though
we furnish nothing whatever for the
manufacture. The few edibles the
fowls pick up as detailed above are sim
ply sufficient to keep the breath of life
within them, and nothing is left to 90
toward the production of eggs.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
Married In His Hat.

1t was the Germans turn to relate h is
marriage experlence,a a ceremony which
occurred in the Black Forest. II was
ready," he began, my bride looked
rosy and beautiful in her wedding gar
ments, and | had doffed the greeu
forester's jacket for splendid black
coat of broadcloth and my soft felt hat
for high silk one. We drove in a
closed carriage to church, and on the
road l was getting up from my seat to
open the window, forgetting that | am
over six feet high. My tall hat came
with tremendous crash against the
roof of the carriage and In second all
was dark-the hat had gone down over
my face, and my whole head stuck
tightly IN it. pulled and shouted. and
screamed and groaned. The bride,
weeping and terrified, assisted with all
her power. We got out and got the
driver to assist. 1t was all in vain; the
hat stuck fast. At the church door our
friends had each pull; but the clergy
man arrived, and the hat still held me
in bondage. Il can not marry you with
out seeing your face,' he shouted
through the hat into my ear, and after
one long desperate struggle | decided to
make an end of it. Take sharp knife,
shouted to friend, 'and cut hole
around my face into the hat, but see
that you do it well, for | car not allow
this expensive hat to be spoiled The
hole was cut, t,the clergyman saw that |
was the right man, and l was married
with the hat over my face. Afterwards
when | got cooler, managed to get out
of ie. My wife sewed the piece in again;
and have worn it for many a year."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
CURED BY FAITHIALONE.
A Danbury Doctors Ruse to Make u
Dumb Woman Resume Talking.


A reliable physician In Danbury re-
lated remarkable case of curing q wo-
man who had been unable TO utter a
syllable in two years. She had been
treated by a number OF doctors for loss
of voice, but to no purpose. This ply
sician satisfied himself that there wHs
no disease of the organ or any derange-
ment. He concluded that she could
speak IL only she would be influenced u
exert the will power. From q conver-
sation with her carried on In writing
he discovered that she had great faith
In miraculous cures and thought size
could be relieved only in some such
way. He found to that che was super
stitiou.s
He concluded to try the effect OF a
little mummery on her. Accordingly,
one morning when visiting her he sat
down by a table and leaned his head
down upon his hands for some five
minutes without speaking, as IL in
wrapt meditation. He suddenly jump
ed up and told the woman that he was
now right, that he was going to cure
her on II certain day. He then gave
her minute directions In respect to 1t,
He told that on that day he should
come to the house at 10 a. m; that he
should first give three raps upon the
window, and then he should go 10 the
front door and give two raps that
when the door opened he would be
found standing with both hands upon
the door-post and his head leaning up
on them that the door to her room
must be opened wide. and that he would
walk in with measured tread, and when
he got TO her bedside lie should say !:
Good. morning, DOCTOR On the ap-
pointed day he did just as he said he
should, and when he said good morn
Ing to her, she promptly made the re-
ply 4; 'Good.morning, DOCTOR in q
loud, strong voice. She seemed utter
ly astonished herself, but said she felt
that what the doctor said would be
true and firmly believed that he had
wrought miracle in her cure.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
No More Bible Debates for Him.

How old was Noah when he died p
asked a butcher OF one of the negro
white washers on the market.
Now, you stop right dar y was the
emphatic reply.
why, Josiah, what's the matter with
you p
'I'ze had 'sperience, ,sah--dat's what's
de matter wild me-
How p
'Jist got fru serving sentence OF
thirty days in de woIkhouse kase l
couldn't agree wild de ole woman
whether King Solomon had red or
black hair. Doan' want no mo- Bible
talk fur six months sah-not a talk y
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01

THE INTERMARRIAGE OF COUSINS
The LegislatureOf Illinois has passed
a law making the intermarriage of
cousins penal offense. This is an un'
wise law, first because it interferes un'
duly with personal rights, and next be-
cause 1t is not called for. The mar
rigae of cousins who are each Of healthy
family and physique, and especially il
they are different of temperaments, il
quite free from danger. Med. Record.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
-John have YOU seen that won

John have you seen that woman
ately
John, in dStoniShnaent: What woman !
That woman picking Grapes for
Speer's Wine. Just see her in another
column and read about it,the wines
are found by chemists to be absolutely
pure and equal to the best in the
World. The Board of Health in Large
Cities and leading Hospitals have a.
dopted theil use where wines are need
ed.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01
PATENTS

Obtained, and 'all PATEN T u USJNhfS a
tended TO PROMPTLY y and for MODERA TIE
FEES.
Our Office is opposite the u. =. Patent once,
and we can obtain Patents in less time than
those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OR ORA WING. We advise
rs to patentability free of charge; and we make
NO CHARGE UNLESS PATENT rs SE
CURED.
We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt. oi
Money Order Div, and 10 the officials OF the U.
s. Patent Office. For circular, advice, terms
and references TO actual clients in your own
State or county, write TO
OpDoSite Patent Office. Washington, ID. z,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When sho was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave thom CastoriA
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-01

Is A PURE distilation OF the grape, and
stands uniiyaIed in this Country for medical
purposes.
IL has a peculiar favor. similar 10 that OF the
grapes from which IL Is distilled.
See that the signature of ALFRED SPEER
Passaic n. j.. Is over the cork OF each bottle.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS WHO KEEP FIRST
CLASS WINES